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Peel Ports has launched a UK-wide apprenticeship programme and has announced plans to take on five new apprentice recruits at the Port of Liverpool.
In preparation for the opening of the £300m Liverpool2 deep-water container terminal aims to recruit 50 new apprentices within the next five years. The new scheme is its first UK-wide apprenticeship programme and apprentices will be able to gain experience of working at port operations including sites ...
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The port of Liverpool turned on one of the largest private electricity connections in the UK of recent years, on 27 February. Teams from Peel Ports and SP Energy Networks have been working together to create a new power network for the Liverpool2 container terminal development which is under construction.
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Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin (right, with Mark Whitworth, chief executive of Peel Ports, left) and the Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson visited the Port of Liverpool to view progress on the Port’s £300 million expansion project. Construction is well underway on the new Liverpool2 terminal.
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Peel Ports’ Runcorn Docks near Liverpool has handled its highest ever monthly freight volume for a quarter of a Century, with 50,126 tonnes shipped in December. In the same month, the port also handled its biggest ever single shipment of cargo in its history, with the arrival of vessel Kristin ...
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Peel Ports apprentice Tom Price won two awards at the Maritime and Engineering College North West’s annual award ceremony in Birkenhead on 11 December. The second year mechanical engineering apprentice was named as the Institute of Mechanical Engineers apprentice of the year and he was also named Peel Ports Apprentice ...
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Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce's Ram Bhogal recently toured the port of Liverpool as part of a two-day visit to the city. Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce is one of India’s largest and most active business organisations and Mr Bhogale is also chairman of leading manufacturer AITG, which manufactures a range of ...
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Peel Ports Group is once again supporting the Apprentice Ship Cup Challenge which gives youngsters a once in a lifetime opportunity to learn new skills while racing Tall Ships across the Irish Sea. Next year, Peel Ports, which put two teams of apprentices into the inaugural event, is to become ...
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The port of Sheerness has unveiled plans to increase cargo throughput by 130% over the next 20 years inder a new Master Plan. It also details investments that would create over 1,000 jobs in the marine and maritime industry, as well as options for a rail link to Port to ...
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Liverpool Plywood Terminal is due to open on 31 October, six months after Peel Ports struck a deal with Westfal-Larsen Shipping to bring combined shipments of steel and plywood into the Port of Liverpool on a new Far East service. The 80,000sq ft temperature-controlled quayside warehouse at Seaforth will radically ...
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Peel Ports Group has joined the Irish Exporters Association. It operates at Belfast (Victoria Terminal) and Dublin (Marine Terminals Limited) handling 30% of all containers entering the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Between them the terminals handle around 300,000 units of TEU every year. It also owns Irish Sea ...
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